Sir Edmund Bacon, 13th Baronet

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Edmund Castell Bacon, 13th and 14th Baronet KG, KBE, KStJ, JP (18 March 1903 – 30 September 1982) was a British landowner and businessman.

As the Bacon baronetcy of Redgrave in the County of Suffolk is the oldest extant English baronetcy (created in the Baronetage of England on 22 May 1611), Sir Edmund was the Premier Baronet of England.

[1] He commanded the 55th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment of the Royal Artillery in the Second World War and he was mentioned in despatches.

He became Honorary Colonel of the 308 (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery between 1961 and 1967.

Sir Edmund held several quango and business positions: chairman of British Sugar Corporation (1957–1968); Pro-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia (1964–1973); chairman of the Agricultural North East Development Council (1966–1982) and director of Lloyds Bank.